The problems with streaming music
Jul 7, 2016 23:28:02 GMT
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Post by jasonward on Jul 7, 2016 23:28:02 GMT
This is a personal opinion post about the problems with music streaming.
When I was a teenager streaming wasn't a thing, CD's were just starting to be a thing, but they were expensive and so were the players.
So I had a vinyl and tape collection, I bought albums by the bucket load, I had several hundred, and it really mattered to me, my collection was organised, loved and I felt the need to keep adding to it. I spent money on the best equipment I could afford to play the music on.
And as I got somewhat older this continued, I converted to all CD at some stage, and I had thousands and I spent a fortune on their storage, let alone the playback equipment.
My collection had value, just having it was valuable to me, and I don't just mean £ terms, I mean it meant something to me, I valued it.
When illegal music download sites emerged, I participated a bit, I still felt value of my collection (illegal and legal) but I was never really happy with illegality of what I was doing, and the minute music downloads got legal I signed up.
It was my dream come true, I now had all the music I could ever want at my finger tips, it was mind blowing.
But something strange happened, music lost its value, I no longer thrilled when putting a CD on, after all I could just stream it, much simpler. There was no need to purchase anything, I could stream anything and everything I wanted.
Music became background, I didn't invest into it any more, I didn't need to, my collection was complete and the cost was £50 a year.
Music lost its value.
Edit: After writing this, a memory, or a series of memories came back to me. Showing my music collection off was a big deal, you could gain or loose a lot of kudos from your collection, and boy oh boy, showing your music collection off to girl you liked was a big deal, the collection said so much about you, it could make or break a fledgling relationship.
When I was a teenager streaming wasn't a thing, CD's were just starting to be a thing, but they were expensive and so were the players.
So I had a vinyl and tape collection, I bought albums by the bucket load, I had several hundred, and it really mattered to me, my collection was organised, loved and I felt the need to keep adding to it. I spent money on the best equipment I could afford to play the music on.
And as I got somewhat older this continued, I converted to all CD at some stage, and I had thousands and I spent a fortune on their storage, let alone the playback equipment.
My collection had value, just having it was valuable to me, and I don't just mean £ terms, I mean it meant something to me, I valued it.
When illegal music download sites emerged, I participated a bit, I still felt value of my collection (illegal and legal) but I was never really happy with illegality of what I was doing, and the minute music downloads got legal I signed up.
It was my dream come true, I now had all the music I could ever want at my finger tips, it was mind blowing.
But something strange happened, music lost its value, I no longer thrilled when putting a CD on, after all I could just stream it, much simpler. There was no need to purchase anything, I could stream anything and everything I wanted.
Music became background, I didn't invest into it any more, I didn't need to, my collection was complete and the cost was £50 a year.
Music lost its value.
Edit: After writing this, a memory, or a series of memories came back to me. Showing my music collection off was a big deal, you could gain or loose a lot of kudos from your collection, and boy oh boy, showing your music collection off to girl you liked was a big deal, the collection said so much about you, it could make or break a fledgling relationship.
